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Hong Kong's Apple Daily may halt publication on Saturday
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 21 (ANI): Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily could stop publishing on Saturday if the city authorities continue to keep its assets frozen after arresting five executives under the draconian National Security Law.
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Hong Kong's Apply Daily senior executives remanded in custody after arrest
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 19 (ANI): Two senior executives of Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, who have been charged with colluding with foreign forces, were remanded in custody after they were deemed as a threat to national security.
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy daily prints 500,000 copies despite raid, arrest
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 18 (ANI): Despite a massive raid on the pro-democracy Apple Daily, the Hong Kong tabloid, continued its operations and printed 500,000 copies of Friday's paper while warning the readers that the city's "press freedom is now hanging by a thread".
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China 'targeting dissenting voices' in Hong Kong: UK Foreign Secretary
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 17 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday accused China of targeting dissenting voices in Hong Kong after the authorities of the semi-autonomous region arrested the chief editor and four directors of a pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper under draconian securi
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Apple Daily newspaper's editor-in-chief, 4 directors held under Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 17 (ANI): In an early morning raid on Thursday, Hong Kong police arrested the chief editor and four directors of a pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper under draconian Hong Kong security law on suspicion of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.
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Demonstrations held in Berlin to mark second anniversary of Hong Kong upri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], June 14 (ANI): On the second anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising in Hong Kong, scores of people including German citizens and Hongkongers jointly organized a protest in Berlin, Germany.
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Worldwide demonstrations mark second anniversary of Hong Kong uprising
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], June 13 (ANI): Demonstrations were staged in several cities across the globe on Saturday to commemorate the second anniversary of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow released from prison
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 12 (ANI): Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow has been released from prison on Saturday after serving her term for her role in an anti-government protest against the National Security Law.
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After perplexing silence over China's dismal human rights, New Zealand wak
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 11 (ANI): New Zealand, which is usually outspoken on human rights matters in general has remained largely silent on the China's concentration camps thinly veiled as "re-education camps" for the Uyghur Muslims.
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China steps up efforts to influence media coverage, global narrative about
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 11 (ANI): China in the last few years have significantly increased its efforts to influence media coverage and the global narrative about itself, a new report states.
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Hong Kong's Tiananmen Massacre museum shuts over licensing probe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 2 (ANI): Ahead of its 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident, Hong Kong's June 4th Museum that commemorates China's deadly crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing has been temporarily closed.
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China using cases against Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists to stifle di
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 29 (ANI): The Chinese government is using cases against Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists to subdue political opposition and contain the dissent that fueled the 2019 protests.
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